Welcome to the wiki for our session, "Influence without Authority: Finding the Common Ground to Frame Innovation and Change."
This is a live, working agenda that will change right up until our session. So, please pardon our digital dust!
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Agenda Thoughts
Who
Time
Setting the Stage
Why we're here [@EduCon and this conversation] & how the session came to be
Did you ever go to a conference, and...
Many in edublogger community find that technology unlocks realization that schools must change, and find that there is a long history of school and teacher resistance to change. ie, why don't we do what we know works?
Peter Block - "The answer to how is yes".
Looking at a successful process called FS and how it has been applied to schools. What can we learn both on a large (community) and small (teacher PD or classroom) scale
Reached out through our networks, just made some phone calls and found expertise:
found FS people willing to help
Bernajean Porter "FS resets consensual reality"
Kevin & Sylvia
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Why we're NOT here [what we WON'T be doing]
Selling FS as a panacea, the only way
Not doing a "practice" FS here
Not trying to create a new community made up of this group. FS says that a problem/solution must be 100% locally owned. Since this group is not tackling a singular problem, it's not an appropriate group to come up with a solution. (We may have similar problems, but they aren't the same). Failure with many working groups at conferences is that they don't own a common problem.
Sylvia
1
The Burning Platform
FS gives us a structure to bringing many visions of the future to the table and talk about what we can do that gives us the most possibilities for as many of them as possible. (not to predict the future)
burning platform is a metaphor for agreement that change is critical.
we haven't really decided (as a community) that schools must change. it's a lonely position to be yelling fire, when everyone else is happy, or at least content. (it was good enough for me...)
What led to the decision to go with a FS? Was there a burning platform?
Was there one champion initially or several?
How transformational was the change at first?
Has it endured? Where is the evidence?
Kevin or Skype in
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How schools modify it - takeaways
90% of the work is done before the meetings
we are too quick to focus on solutions before we even define the problem or gain consensus on a shared vision. creating a checklist (or in technology's case, a shopping list) is not a solution. we find ourselves on treadmills not knowing how we got there or where we are going.
process, not a solution
attitude of community-based ownership
if an outside expert is used, they are expert in process, not content. they are not the solution
all stakeholders commit (meaning be present). can't be a subcommittee.
create cycles of a problem-solving process
Sylvia
3
What about us? (thoughts about how this could work in our schools/districts/communities)
Starting the conversation - now we need to shift to more audience participation (about 20 min in, people will get restless)
explain how the rest of the hour will go?
2
Technology that supports collaborative group process - Nings, wikis, blogs Ask for examples, not give them lists - these people know the technology...
FS is web 0.0 - paper banners, lots of discussion
can technology only enhance what is intrinsically a local face to face process, (like posting reports)? Does use for more than that create distance and anonymity.
Can you have a hybrid use - some online discussion?
can a community that is not physically co-located use FS techniques, for example, a virtual company?
3
Open discussion on tech - take notes?
10
Reasonable Expectations - how do you start it in a school/community, what parts can be used immediately? (this still seems out of place to me - isn't this what we want them to discuss on their own?)
1
Group Activity
Set up the group activity (do we need big papers, markers, etc.?) Don't sit with people you know/work with. (How many groups? Depends really on reporting. If each group takes 5 min, we can't have more than 4 groups) (can someone collect comments from ustream if that's happening?) - yes
(maybe have some groups take up the question from department/team perspective (not school/district)) - what do you think?
Questions:
What would stop you from holding this kind of event?
What would give you the passion to move past these obstacles?
20
Share with large group - someone needs to take/collect notes
allow each group to report? (tell them time limit, help them stick to it)
report offsite comments
Large group discussion (will fold into next item)
20
Path forward
What follow-up activities would help/matter?
Time for questions and conversation
10
Total
86
Resources
Wikipatterns - Applying patterns that help coordinate people's efforts and guide the growth of content, and recognizing anti-patterns that might hinder growth - can give your wiki the greatest chance of success. Wikipatterns is a toolbox of patterns & anti-patterns, and a guide to the stages of wiki adoption.
This is a live, working agenda that will change right up until our session. So, please pardon our digital dust!
Session recording interrupted...here are the available session streams
FS gives us a structure to bringing many visions of the future to the table and talk about what we can do that gives us the most possibilities for as many of them as possible. (not to predict the future)
Ask for examples, not give them lists - these people know the technology...
(maybe have some groups take up the question from department/team perspective (not school/district)) - what do you think?
Questions:
Resources
Questions/Open Issues